West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391076125
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Glenwood City, WI, USA
- Phone
- 7155984750
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,067,169
- Expenses
- $20,819,247
- Assets
- $27,288,713
- Liabilities
- $6,036,459
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VAUGHN HEDLUND (PRESIDENT EFF 8/24)
- PETER KILDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 02/25))
- TIMOTHY MATHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25))
Highest reported compensation
- PETER KILDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 02/25)): $182,436 total reported compensation
- LISA SMITH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $148,100 total reported compensation
- TIMOTHY MATHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)): $35,554 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of west central Wisconsin community action agency, inc. Is to take action against poverty by developing the social and economic assets of low-income families and their communities and by working to create a more just and sustainable society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Weatherization/energy assistance: provide residential rehabilitation and energy conservation services to low-income households to reduce utility bills and enhance community sustainability by using fewer resources. Provide fuel assistance funding for clients in nine counties. During the year 15,561 participants were assisted through this program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $118,183.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $19.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.2M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 27 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 23 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.